For my apologies / frame of mind when making the list - check the mentions post : Some notes : Hate to sound like a white suburban teenager, but the hazy lo-fi sounds of Matt Mondanile & friends has been the soundtrack to this year. Beware! too much of this will make you think that you live in a two storey prefab with American siding, have a bunch of lazy teenagers in trucker caps as friends and make love to sleazy girls at the beach. Which is quite the contrary to what [...]
Contriva frontwoman Masha Qrella has been a fave since " Don't stop the dance " graced our ears more than 2 years ago. Haven't heard much from her in the meantime, so imagine the joy of listening to Speak Low, 11 songs of recontextualized / covered music from two highly respected Broadway composers, Kurt Weill and Frederick Loewe famous for his work on My Fair Lady and Camelot. Masha and Co. has taken on classical Broadway pieces and transformed them into spacy & bittersweet indie pop pieces. It's [...]
masha qrella - don't stop the dance (mp3) attend local university art and design degree shows: check. stay out a touch later than planned and drink lots of beer: check. get dodgy portland street fish and chips on the way home: check. watch css on jonathan ross: check. make a brew and decide that now's definitely an appropriate time to post something on the beef blog: check. is drunken blogging a good idea? let's find out - oh wait, just let me stick on some fujiya + miyagi. now, i've got this [...]
masha qrella - don't stop the dance.mp3 *album: don't stop the dance / saturday night 7'' (label: morr music, 2006) Masha Qrella have always seemed to posess one of the most sophisticated and complex songwriting skills in indie-rock, this cover version also clearly illustrates that they are master-arrangers, a band in posession of a pop instinct that quite honestly raises the hairs on the back of my neck with what seems like [...]
Lundi c'est raviolis mais aussi petites chansons jolies à écouter avant d'aller au lit. Les Allemands de Masha Qrella reprennent un classique de Roxy Music, laissant le clinquant de la version originale pour une délicatesse boisée du plus bel effet. Four Tet compile ses remixes et l'on redécouvre avec plaisir sa relecture cotonneuse d'un morceau de Sia, une des voix de Zero 7. Peu friand de séries télé, j'aurais presque envie de regarder "Grey's anatomy" parce que le sublime générique signé Psapp ne me [...]
New Releases V2.9
TOUR: The Tallest Man On Earth Announces U.S. Dates
[mp3] Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"
Hot Chip: One Life Stand
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (Review)
